Skip to main content

Rust-Oleum's Primer Technology

1:54
12:25
10.2K views

At 1:54 in

Do You Really Need to Grind Concrete Before Epoxy? | Garage Floor Prep Explained

What happens here

Tony Swartz explains that for new concrete slabs or residential applications without significant chemical abuse, oil spills, or heavy traffic, Rust-Oleum has developed products like EP-55 and Epoxy-Shell 550. These are water-based epoxy primers formulated as adhesion promoters, designed to stick effectively to clean, dry surfaces such as tile, aluminum, and burnished concrete, without the need for mechanical abrasion. He highlights the product's proven performance over almost a decade and its breathability, which is beneficial in certain situations.

Goal: Understand the features and benefits of specialized adhesion-promoting primers.

What they say

Hide

application, we have a brand new slab. We haven't had a bunch of abuse, chemical spills, oil spills. So, Rustoleum has formulated a product with almost a decade of efficacy that is a proven performer in these environments. We've used it from residential to projects uh that just can't have prep equipment, they can't have they can't have noise, they can't um have the extra time it takes. So there is a time and a place for everything. Being founded as a primer company particularly Rustoleum is always innovative and again this particular application close to a decade right now of proven performance. Right. So uh one of the products that I've used in the past epoxy shell 550. So that was a primer you know specifically designed you know for uh like applications like this. And can you talk about just what is epoxy shell 550 if you haven't heard about it? >> Yeah, so the epoxy shell 550 and the EP55 which we're using today are going to be very very similar. They're going to be a water-based technology that is an adhesion promoter. Meaning we can't do anything to alter the properties of that coating simply because it has extra additives for adhesion. like the 550, the EP55 will stick to uh tile, it'll stick to aluminum, it'll stick to burnished concrete. As long as we have clean surfaces, dry surfaces, it's a very uh formidable primer. In addition to it's breathable, >> breathable, so in certain situations um certain coatings uh may need a brea breathable uh system to it and it is breathable as well. >> Right. So, you know, you're um you know, a Rustoleum rep. You've worked with Rustoleum, you know, for a long time. So, you know, um to the audience out here that might be watching this, you know, if we don't acid etch this floor, if we don't grind this floor, uh but we clean this floor with um the proper cleaner and then we appro apply the EPL55. Did I say that right? >> The EP55. EP55

Auto-generated from the video audio.